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Science 20 May 1960:
Vol. 131. no. 3412, pp. 1528 - 1529
DOI: 10.1126/science.131.3412.1528
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Synchronous Division in Chlamydomonas moewusii

Emil Bernstein 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Connecticut, Storrs

Mass cultures of Chlamydomonas moewusii have been synchronized by means of light-dark shifts. Division of at least 91 percent of the population was made to occur in 1/24 of the life cycle of the cells. The advantages of working with synchronized cultures of obligate autotrophs are discussed.

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